An A319 crew and dispatcher reported declaring an emergency and returning to the departure airport a...

Attributes
ACN	912961
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 500
Person 2
Function	Dispatcher
Qualification	Dispatch Dispatcher
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Climbing through FL220; we experienced a left engine stall with multiple stalls. At idle thrust the stall cleared. After advancing left throttle stall returned. Declared an emergency and returned to the departure airport and landed with not further incidents with left throttle at idle and right throttle operating normally in single engine (flx/mct) mode. Shut down left engine after landing and taxied to gate only with right engine operating. Captain coordinated with dispatch/maintenance; and first officer flew and landed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 Crew and Dispatcher reported declaring an emergency and returning to the departure airport after the left engine stalled and would only operate normally at idle thrust.

Narrative: Climbing through FL220; we experienced a left engine stall with multiple stalls. At idle thrust the stall cleared. After advancing left throttle stall returned. Declared an emergency and returned to the departure airport and landed with not further incidents with left throttle at idle and right throttle operating normally in single engine (FLX/MCT) mode. Shut down left engine after landing and taxied to gate only with right engine operating. Captain coordinated with Dispatch/Maintenance; and First Officer flew and landed.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

An A319 crew and dispatcher reported declaring an emergency and returning to the departure airport after the left engine stalled and would only operate normally at idle thrust.